David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.
McCullough was born on July 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was of Scottish-Irish descent. He studied at Shady Side Academy and at Yale University. In 1954, McCullough married Rosalee Ingram Barnes. They had five children. Barnes died in June 2022.
McCullough taught a writing course at Wesleyan University and was a visiting scholar at Cornell University and Dartmouth College.
McCullough died at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts on August 7, 2022 at the age of 89.
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David McCullough at Simon and Schuster
Booknotes interview with McCullough on Truman, July 19, 1992. In Depth interview with McCullough, December 2, 2001